Assignment: High Score Finder

Due 10/28 at 11:59

Video games often track player scores. Given a list of scores, how do you find the best one? The worst one? The average? In this project you will write algorithms — step-by-step procedures — to analyze a list of numbers.

Your program must meet the following specifications:

• Create a list with at least 5 scores (you may hardcode them or ask the user to enter them)
• Use a for loop to look at every score in the list
• Keep track of the highest score seen so far
• Keep track of the lowest score seen so far
• Keep track of the total of all scores (you will use this to calculate the average)
• Print the high score, low score, and average score when the loop is finished

For example, if your list is [85, 92, 78, 95, 88], your program should print something like:

High score: 95
Low score: 78
Average score: 87.6

To calculate the average, divide the total of all scores by how many scores are in the list:

average = total / len(scores)

Lists

A list stores multiple values in order. You can access items by index (starting at 0):

scores = [85, 92, 78, 95, 88]

print(scores[0])  # 85
print(scores[3])  # 95
print(len(scores))  # 5

For Loops

A for loop lets you do something once for each item in a list:

scores = [85, 92, 78]

for score in scores:
    print(score)

This prints each score on its own line.

Example Code

Here is a starting point. Fill in the TODO comments to meet the specifications above!

# Create a list of scores
scores = [85, 92, 78, 95, 88]

# Start by assuming the first score is both the highest and lowest
highest = scores[0]
lowest = scores[0]
total = 0

# Loop through every score in the list
for score in scores:
    # TODO: if this score is higher than highest, update highest
    # TODO: if this score is lower than lowest, update lowest
    # TODO: add this score to total

# Calculate the average
# TODO

# Print the results
# TODO

When you’re happy with your high score finder, download the .py file and submit it on Thinkwave.